National Republican., 1887-07-20
CURRENT COMMENT,
The scintiilations which Brighten Our
Exchanges.


President.
Detroit Tribune: The Democrats are evil
dcntly not very sanguine over the prospect
before them In the matters Of congressional
legislation. They are not clamoring very
loudly for an extra session, though 1t Is
possible that one will be called for the pur-
pose Of trying to bring together the "fac-
tionsn before the regular sesslon opens in
December.
st. Louis Globe Democrat We arc grieved
to learn that the contemplated Democratic
conference on the tariff question has been
declared "off.n That was the conference
In which an attempt was to be made to bull
doze Samuel j. Randall into becoming
free trader on pain OF excommuuication
from the Democracy. There would be
'halcyon and vocferous" time 10 the ranks
Of the Democratic party II any such edlct
as this should be issued against Randall.
Galveston Ncws' Mr.. Edgerton, of the
civil service commission, who has recently
been In Indiana, gives rather uufavorable
account OF the condition Of the Democratic
party in that state. lie says it is divided
into factions, each faction having its own
leader, and that frequently the Interests or
aims Of those leaders conflict. There will
be a contest between the Democrats for
Voorhees's seat in the Senate, and Gov.
Gray will probably be candidate.
Hartford Courant Gen. Boulanger ha.
written letter to friend In the chamber
Of deputies which may get him into fresh
trouble with his present superiors. The
gist Of 1t is that his only desire Is to have
France raise her head again among the na
tloDs as q great nation should, and that he
Is content with the friendship OF thos
Freedmen who share his views on this
Soint. The implication Is, OF course, that
ln tlpmpu n n
keep France humble aud abiect among the
nations.
Boston Trdrcller: The Presidents battle
flag order and his sttacx on the Grand Army
of the Republic, in his letter to the st Louis
committee, are to be taken in connection
with his concillatory policy towards Tam
many Hall, IN seeking for the motives chat
lie back Of his action. He is undisguisedly
setking denomination and reelection. He /,
evidently OF the opinion that he eau best
secure these by keeping the south solid, aud
ty securing hearty, rather than a per
functory, support from Tammany Hall.
Boston Adrcrtiser: The general testi.
| mony Of our trade exchanges is, that while
| the volume Of new business IN progress is
not large, and the principal merchandise
markets are rather dull-a condition of
| affairs that is always to be expected at this
season OF the year-yet that the ordinary
| requirements Of consumption are steadily
absorbing large supplies, and that the dis
| tributiye movement going on is still com
| paratively large. This is good Indication
| of mercantile prosperity, as 1t shows that
the relations of supply and demand are in q
healthy condition.
New York Star: The return OF Sir Drum.
mond Wolff 70 London is an inglorlous
| ending OF very prctentious mission. IL
seems that the sultan has simply snubbed
| the British government, and to be snubosi
by the sick man OF Europe is sometime :
that ought 10 be hard for Great Britain TO
endure. But what Lord Salisbury can do
about It It is hard to see. The failure is dis
NAL and ignominious, and 1t occurs In 4 line
of administration In which the marquis Is
supposed to be an adept. 1t certainly seems
hat the stars In their courses are fighting
against the tory control OF English affairs
Fort Worth Gazette: The Canadian gov
eminent is asked by one Of IT'S members OF
parliament to appropriate $500,000 to re-
imburse the Acadians who were so crgely
torn from their homes. The descendants
Of these unfortunate people are living 10
Louisiana, and 1t is not probable that they
would exchange the beautiful Teche for the
now barren land of Evangeline. 1t is cred
table TO the Canadians that even on.
among them is found willing to max,
some reparation for monstrous and crue
| wrong. Queen Victoria should spend hcl
jubilee money III bringing back some OF heI
eSiled Irish.
Atlanta Constitution: Tho tendency o!
civilized society Is to turn children over tC
| The schools for their mental and moral edu
dation. CDhappily the antagonism between
the various denominations renders 1t almos
impossible to adopt simple scheme o.
| non. sectaiian religious and moral instruc
1 In T..
civics 1t will be found that our schools teacl
pupil very little that lends to iit him 70
| he duties Of citizenship The drift OF ou
cducationsl systems is towards the abnor
NAL development OF the intellect, aut
morality must necessarily suffer.
Philadelphia Times: The energy OF tn
| tory whips In securing the attendance o
the conservative and unionist majority |!
parliament to deal with the ilagrant erin
Il Dr. Tanner in calling Mr. Long, a tor
NJ. p, q spob in the lobby Of the house q
commons, is one Of the most delciousl
grotefque events Of the session. The affai
cannot fail to prove very amusing pei
| foImance. The experiment, however, ma
prove unfortunate. This kind of fun ma
become contagious. There Is a great dea
Of material on the ministerial side Of tn
house open 10 DR.. Tauner's epithet, and
every Irish member is to be disciplined VIII
J q
when this peculiar kind of humor will stoE
Philadelphia News: Consul Briiger, {
Montevideo, has resigned his position b,
cause the salary Is inadequate for his SUI
) port. The salary Of his position is $1,000
year. Out Of this he had to pay 5000 YET
, for a wretcbed sixroom house and 5000
year for clerk lire. In addition to this
had to pay his own transportation
Uruguay. Mr.. Brldger says bis case Is NJ
t exceptional, and that for most United Stat
3 consuls the acceptance OF consular ofll
q means that they must "beg, steal, I
stsTve."
There is little doubt that for a marie
man with family ond no other means
n support than his salary the acceptance
position similar to that OF Mr.. Brldg
y does mean what he says. What Is II
remedy? Either to consolidate the co
+ su'ates or to abolish many OF them. Eth
J, but desirable. While the fees receiv
. from the consulsr service more than p;
It's expenses, there are too many usele
! consulates and too many which do not
gin to pay expenses.
. Boston JO,Undl: That there Is mo
& kindly feeling toward the President on d
b, | part of his party is evident from the e
preston Of managers and the party pres
The cause Of this Is evident. Managers al
u organs have learned that the President
y not keeping the pledges he made to Geor
o William Curtis, but is making a Gle
10 sweep us rapidly as sweeping can be pt
=, formed. II took the average Democr
u some time To arrive ut this conclusion, !
?. cause, to use phrase Of the street, he d
Is not readily 'catch on" to the President
me'hCd, which was to protest against
!, movals and TO assume brusqueness towa
those seeking Office in order 10 satisfy t
Z, reformers, while as sUou as councti'
N claims could he settled appointments we
Q. Ia be made. Now that his attention h
ar been called to II, the average Democrat
!, members that he has seen quite lar
'' number Of removals IN the papers; but
le was not until Assistant Postmaster Gene
lc Stevenson announced that some tens
Il. thousands Of Democratic postmasters hs
q pushed Republicans out tina. he really +,
"a ognized the magnitude Of the efforts OF /